The Book of Job, Chapter 5איוב 5

קְֽרָא נָ֭א הֲיֵ֣שׁ עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ וְאֶל מִ֖י מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה

Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?

כִּֽי לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

אֲֽנִי רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣יו מִיֶּ֑שַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither any to deliver .

אֲשֶׁ֤ר קְצִיר֨וֹ רָ֘עֵ֤ב יֹאכֵ֗ל וְאֶֽל מִצִּנִּ֥ים יִקָּחֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁאַ֖ף צַמִּ֣ים חֵילָֽם

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

כִּ֤י לֹא יֵצֵ֣א מֵעָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה לֹא יִצְמַ֥ח עָמָֽל

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

כִּֽי אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף

Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל אֵ֑ל וְאֶל אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי

I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:

עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

הַנֹּתֵ֣ן מָ֭טָר עַל פְּנֵי אָ֑רֶץ וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ מַ֝יִם עַל פְּנֵ֥י חוּצֽוֹת

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא תַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform enterprise.

לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעָרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

יוֹמָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

וַיֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭חֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶ֑ם וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ

So the poor has hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

הִנֵּ֤ה אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֱ֭נוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּ אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּמוּסַ֥ר שַׁ֝דַּ֗י אַל תִּמְאָֽס

Behold, happy the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:

כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וידו וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע לֹא יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע

He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you.

בְּ֭רָעָב פָּֽדְךָ֣ מִמָּ֑וֶת וּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗ה מִ֣ידֵי חָֽרֶב

In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא

You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

לְשֹׁ֣ד וּלְכָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אַל תִּירָֽא

At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

כִּ֤י עִם אַבְנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ וְחַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה הָשְׁלְמָה לָֽךְ

For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי שָׁל֣וֹם אָהֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ֥ נָ֝וְךָ וְלֹ֣א תֶחֱטָֽא

And you shall know that your tabernacle in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ

You shall know also that your seed great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

תָּב֣וֹא בְכֶ֣לַח אֱלֵי קָ֑בֶר כַּעֲל֖וֹת גָּדִ֣ישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ

You shall come to grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

הִנֵּה זֹ֭את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן הִ֑יא שְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּה וְאַתָּ֥ה דַֽע לָֽךְ

Lo this, we have searched it, so it ; hear it, and know you for your good.